Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.

Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep. The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its anti-humanity.

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.

Anger is a prelude to courage.